Menachem Mannie Magid was born in in 1944 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and immigrated to Houston in 1979. He is a physician with the University of Texas. After piecing together the conclusions of archaeologists and biblical scholars, and then applying his understanding of human behavior, the author built an accurate picture of the personalities and events that transpired as the children of Israel became slaves. He says, “The story is engraved in stones of ancient Egypt. And yet this story has never been told … until now.”